Michael Carney

Michael Carney (born January 9, 1982) is an American art director, creative director, and photographer. He is best known for his extensive, award winning visual work with the rock band the Black Keys, for whom his brother Patrick is the drummer. Career Carney has been the art director for The Black Keys since their creation, designing all of the band's album art. In 2011, Carney won a Grammy for Best Recording Package for his work on The Black Keys' sixth studio album, Brothers. The album cover features a simple black backdrop with the text "This is an album by the Black Keys. The name of this album is Brothers." The group's label, Nonesuch, initially expressed confusion, but eventually gave the band, and Michael, their full support of the simplistic marketing. Inside the package, the album's disc was coated with a thermal film that changes colors (black and white) at different temperatures. Later that year, Carney was profiled in the New York Times article, "The Incredible, Inevitable Shrinking Album Cover" by David Browne.